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Morals and Villas in Seneca's Letters : Places to Dwell by John Henderson (2004,
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- 9780521829441
- Book Title
- Morals and Villas in Seneca's Letters : Places to Dwell
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Item Length
- 9 in
- Publication Year
- 2004
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.6 in
- Genre
- Biography & Autobiography, Architecture, Literary Collections, Philosophy
- Topic
- Philosophers, Letters, Ethics & Moral Philosophy, History & Surveys / Ancient & Classical, History / Ancient & Classical, Ancient & Classical
- Item Weight
- 16.7 Oz
- Item Width
- 6 in
- Number of Pages
- 200 Pages
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John Henderson explores three letters of Seneca describing visits to Roman villas, and surveys the whole collection to show how these villas work as designs for contrasting lives. Seneca's own place is ageing drastically; a recent Epicurean's paradise is a seductive oasis away from the dangers of Nero's Rome; once a fortress of the dour Rome of yesteryear, the legendary Scipio's lair was now a shrine to the old morality: Seneca revels in its primitive bath-house, dark and cramped, before exploring the garden with the present owner. Seneca brings the philosophical epistle to Latin literature, creating models for moralizing which feature self-criticism, parody and re-animated myth. Virgil and Horace come in for rough handling, as the Latin moralist wrests ethical practice and writing away from Greek gurus and texts, and into critical thinking within a Roman context. Here is powerful teaching on metaphor and translation, on self-transformation and cultural tradition.
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Publisher
Cambridge University Press
ISBN-10
0521829445
ISBN-13
9780521829441
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6022389
Product Key Features
Book Title
Morals and Villas in Seneca's Letters : Places to Dwell
Number of Pages
200 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2004
Topic
Philosophers, Letters, Ethics & Moral Philosophy, History & Surveys / Ancient & Classical, History / Ancient & Classical, Ancient & Classical
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, Architecture, Literary Collections, Philosophy
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
0.6 in
Item Weight
16.7 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
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Scholarly & Professional
Dewey Edition
22
Lccn
2003-055732
Dewey Decimal
876/.01
Lc Classification Number
Pa6661.E8 H37 2004
Table of Content
Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. Twelve steps to haven; 2. Dropping in (it) at SENECA'S; 3. You can get used to anything; 4. The long and winding mode; 5. Booking us in; 6. Now and then; here and there: at SCIPIO'S; 7. Bound for VATIA'S; 8. Knocking the self: genuflexion, villafication, VATIA'S; 9. The world of the bath-house: SCIPIO'S; 10. The appliance of science: SCIPIO'S; 11. Shafts of light: transplantation and transfiguration; 12. Still olive, still SCIPIO'S; Appendices; Bibliography; Indexes.
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2004
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